A never-before-seen invasive pest has reached Texas, and state officials warn it could devastate pastures and livestock ...

The pasture mealybug is an invasive insect that originates from Australia. It’s recently been found in fields from the Rio Grande Valley to east of Houston. Farmers and entomologists alike are looking ...

The TDA said, so far, the pasture mealybug has impacted 20 Texas counties, including Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Refugio, Calhoun, Victoria, Goliad, Dewitt, Lavaca, Fayette, Jackson, Matagorda, ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller issued an urgent alert to producers across the state to inspect their pastures for a newly detected and highly damaging pest: the pasture mealybug ...

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has released a new fact sheet to help forage producers and ranchers identify and monitor the pasture mealybug, an invasive pest recently confirmed in multiple ...

If you’ve ever seen a small, strange white bug on your houseplants, you may have encountered a mealybug. These odd creatures feed on plants and cover themselves in a wax coating, making it hard to get ...

The bug forages grasses and causes "pasture dieback," which leaves patches of yellowing, weakened and dead turf.

The cotton mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis) has emerged as a globally significant invasive pest, impacting a wide range of economically important crops. Research in this area has expanded our ...

Fruit trees face their share of pests and diseases, but mealybugs are a particularly troublesome pest. These insects most commonly bother citrus trees or trees grown in greenhouses, but in some ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 84, No. 1 (Mar., 2001), pp. 112-116 (5 pages) The parasitoid Anagyrus kamali Moursi [Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae] has been recently introduced into the Caribbean as a ...

Q: Our houseplant has problems on the older leaves. We water with dehumidifier water, rainwater or melted snow. The leaf tips turn brown and the leaves are dying. It was in its pot for about a year in ...